“Rural America should demand to be front and center on everyone’s game plan for the entrepreneurship and pioneering that our Nation needs. It’s a great place to live. It’s a great place to work. And, it’s a great time to do both. Welcome to The New Rural.” Diane Smith “TheNewRural.Com,” http://matr.net/articl ... .html

TechBoise Open Coffee ClubWhat are our expectations for TBOCC? That as a result, the motivated folks engaged in the startup and creative communities of Boise will gather regularly and more frequently, share ideas, build strong relationships and work more closely with each other.

Greg Mortenson's climbing partner defends himDarsney writes that Mortenson's good works should not be discredited by "some journalistic faux pas in the retelling of a story from ten years previous" and compares what's happening to "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

EDA and Partners Commit $33M to Grow Regional Innovation Clusters"This cluster concept is so important... When you get a group of people together, and industries together, and institutions like universities together around particular industries, then the synergies that develop from all those different facets coming together can make the whole the greater than the sum of its parts." -President Barack Obama, Cleveland State University Winning the Future Forum; February 22, 20ll

YouPitch: 60-Second Startup Pitches From Students Around World That's why we at the MIT $100k Entrepreneurship Competition http://www.mit100k.org/ have launched YouPitch http://www.mit100k.org/contests/youpitch/ , an elevator pitch contest that's based entirely on YouTube and open to students from across the world.

Careers

Skip the MBA if Entrepreneur is Your Lifestyle3. If you have a technical career with no business background, and you want to start your own business, an MBA can be a blessing by giving you the basic knowledge you need to manage your business.

Incentives for employers to hire people with disabilitiesA business with $1 million or less in gross receipts for the prior year or with no more than 30 employees during the past year is eligible for the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, which is 50 percent of expenditures made to comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The tax credit ranges from $250 to $10,250.

Old guys can and do rule when it comes to startups "I've got a message for all the Silicon Valley venture capitalists who think a CEO is over the hill after age 40. Old guys rule... they are far more likely to be the founder of a successful technology company than most of you understand....

Alberta headed for 'perfect storm' in worker shortagesLukaszuk says the province's low birthrate, burgeoning economy and anticipated baby boomer retirements will result in a labour shortage that will affect all businesses if ways are not found to keep "mature workers" -- over age 55 -- working longer.